by AyodaleBraimah | Dec 18, 2018 | African American History, People
Ples Sterling Stuckey, Jr. was a professor of history best known for his impact on shifting slavery studies from examinations ancillary to enslaved African American lives to the study of their history, culture, and sociopolitical expression as central to the...
by HenigAdam | Apr 1, 2018 | African American History, People
Born Anna Marie Wooldridge in Chicago, Illinois on August 6, 1930, and raised on a farm in Calvin Center, Cass County, Michigan, Abbey Lincoln (stage name) was an African-American jazz singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. The tenth out of twelve...
by MaguireLea | Mar 25, 2018 | African American History, Events
Few people are aware of the race riot that occurred in Tucson, Arizona, in 1967. The riot was caused by the arrest of an unidentified Black 14-year-old a few days before. From July 23rd to 25th, in the North side of the city, within a four-mile area between 4th...
by MaguireLea | Mar 1, 2018 | African American History, Events
Hartford, Connecticut in the late 1960’s was a city immersed in racial unrest, class disputes, and activism. The city was a dichotomy between the ghetto, predominantly black or Puerto Rican and impoverished, in the North End and the South End, white and middle or...
by Shontoria Pratt | Dec 13, 2017 | African American History, Events
The 1964 Paterson, New Jersey uprising lasted from August 11 to 14. The uprising occurred simultaneously with a separate uprising in nearby Elizabeth, New Jersey and both, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), were the consequence of the larger...
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